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US 2465498 A 19980217

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[origin: EP0935921A1] Disclosed is an edible, water insoluble film which is a blend of polysaccharide and protein and, in particular, a temary blend of konjac flour as a major constituent, agar and gelatin. Also, disclosed is a method of forming the film including a deacetylating step to insolubilize the konjac flour. The method is carried out in an apparatus which includes a powder mixer 12, a steam-heated reactor 14, a slot die 16 from which the ternary blend is cast into a dough film, a drier 20, a salt bath 22 in which deacetylation takes place, another drier 26, a washing bath 30, a plasticing bath 32 containing glycerine and a third drier 36. <IMAGE>